How to Use dame in a Sentence

dame

noun
  • She was made a dame the year before she died.
  • The grand dames of the South are smart cookies—make that tea cakes.
    Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2016
  • In other words, the old dame’s new dress is not off-the-rack.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The grand dame of the resort has the best view in the house with a jacuzzi on the 715 square foot balcony.
    Dana Givens, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Now 76, Thompson is a grand dame of the British folk scene.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2024
  • The bowl is a grand dame, to me and to a whole lot of other people.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Once in Paris, they were sold to the lady’s clique of chic French dames.
    Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 14 June 2019
  • In 2006 she was made a dame on the queen’s New Year’s Honors list.
    Marisa Meltzer, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Linares, 67, is very much the grand dame of the flamenco world.
    Helena Alonso Paisley, miamiherald, 5 Mar. 2018
  • For 100 years, Agatha Christie has reigned supreme as the grand dame of mystery.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The grand dame of the Cultural Campus has reigned at the fort since 1929.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 16 June 2021
  • The Park Lane grand dame was just treated to its biggest makeover since the 1980s.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 July 2023
  • Why choose Philly for your grand debut as a grand dame of song?
    Tirdad Derakhshani, Philly.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Watch tonight's episode and see how much damage one dame can do!
    Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 16 Feb. 2018
  • In 2014, she was made a dame for services to British fashion.
    Danica Kirka, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • On a sad note, the grand dame of the historic district, M. Joan Malpas, died on Sept. 17.
    Janet Kusterer, baltimoresun.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The knights and dames who join them wear white mantles with red crosses.
    Kristina Krug, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
  • The grandes dames look poised to remain the ruling class at Roland Garros.
    Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 2 June 2017
  • Look, Broadway’s had some great dames tread its boards.
    Vulture, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Dame Lynn was made a dame commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1975.
    Lawrence Van Gelder, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2020
  • The actress was made an honorary dame in the order by the Queen in 2014, The Telegraph reports.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 June 2018
  • In an episode that ran in 2016, the grand dame recalled her mother’s support.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Even the grand dame of this high society faked her way in, just as Maxine did.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 8 May 2024
  • The grand dame was dead, and the freewheeling young woman was fashion’s new muse.
    Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The designer was made a dame for services to fashion in 2006.
    Summer Meza, The Week, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The Colonial Inn has been Ogunquit's grand dame hotel for more than 130 years.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • The cinema and the theater have lost a true dame with the death of actress Angela Lansbury.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
  • In 2014, she was made a dame — the female equivalent of a knight — for services to British fashion.
    By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Fury of the Gods, the 77-year-old dame tries her hand at a new genre, suiting up for her first-ever superhero movie.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Copper Queen Hotel For ghost hunters, the grand dame of Bisbee lodging is a must stop.
    Roger Naylor, azcentral, 20 Apr. 2018

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